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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
Going 1t BIindIy.
New Work Letter.

The anxiety for quick riches IS fully ex-
pressed in the blind pools of Wall street.
They are operated on the distinct under
standing that no one save he who runs the
pool shall know its operations. At first
glance it wouI |, indeed, seem surprising that
any man would entru,t to another man any
considerable sum Of money with which to
operate as he pleased in Wall street. Yet,
as in the case Of an ordinary pool, there are
many men who can ge5 many other men TO
put up capital by merely saying that he Is
going TO run a blind pool. The man who
gets up the pool is supposed TO know just
what he is about and TO possess information
on which he bases his transactions No
doubt if Jay Could were to go the round of
his Wall street acquaintance, saying that
he was soliciting money TO run a blind pool
in Western Union or Union Pacific, he could
raise s., 600, 900 in q, many days. The cash
would pour in to him like a cataract. Yet,
Gould would do as ne pleased with this
money, and he would only be accountable to
the pool to the extent Of saying that it had
been a failure and al the money was gone,
or it had been success and would pay q
dividend Of 50 much per cent.
Under the operations Of a blind there Is
no advice to be asked or given; there Is no
res. On,ibility, Or no explanation to be asked.
All the money raised goes into one mans
hands, and he acts secretly and alone. The
kings Of the street are mystified as to the
strange behavior Of a stock, not knowing
that the manipulation Of a blind pool Is in
f1uencing it. He may buy and buy, and
buy until no more stock is for sale, and its
very scarcity viii make it in demand at
higher prices. The street sees it advancing
and jumps to the conclusion that it will go
higher yet, and buys accordingly. There is
a rush for it, and the price leaps onward
and upward. When this condition Of affairs
is reached the pools success is assured. 1t
then may sell its holdings TO the street at
large and the general public.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

The British bark Wandering Minstrel
80 tons, arrived off port yesterday, 20
days from Hongkong, after encountering
heavy weather and typhoon 300 miles
west OF Formosa. From that place to the
japanese Islands had strong Ne. gales,
thence easterly winds, with the excep-
ton OF the last seven days, when she had
to contend with westerly gales, with the
thermometer at 90 degrees.
The Wandering Minstrel is owned BY a
Hongkong company, styled the =" Shark
Fishery Company (Iimited'') During
the voyage she broke her patent steering
gear and sustained other damages. As
Honolulu is in the vicinity of the fishing
grounds, she put into port to effect the
necessary repairs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
A Model Maryland Justice.
Cumberland News.I


Last year a justice o. tne peace of the state
OF Maryland, for the county of Allegheny, IN
an outlying district III order to give his en-
tire attention to his legal business, rented
farm he owned, agreeing to take the rental
cut Of the products OF the soil. When he
came to settle with the tenant few months
ago, a controversy as to the division OF the
crops arose, grew to a dispute, and ended in
a pitched battle, the justice getting the
worst of it in the shape Of pounding with
fence-stake. He left without settling the
matter in dispute, being too mad to talk.
His choleT dill not fall with the healing Of his
physical bruises, but rather rose higher and
he finally issued his war; ant for the arrest
Of the tenant, TO answer the charge Of as
sault and battery, and dOcketed a civil suit
for damages, making both returnable to his
own court on the same day.
The day arrived and with it the constable
with his prisoner, the tenant The squire
sOlemnly addressed the latter, describing
the cases against him and called the assault
case first "Have you any witnesses" ne
asked. no third party had been present at
the fight NO, squire" replied the ac-
cused NO, squire, nobody but myself"
Well you can be sworn, rejoinsd the rep
resentative OF the offended peace and dig
nifty Of the state, and sworn he was, re-
counting the circumstances of the trouble,
aud nInuCely describing Jae ngnL In Wnlcn
it appeared tIat the landlord was the ag-
gressor. At any rate this view Of the case
seemed TO dawn on the squire, and after
scratching his head a few minutes he said:
well, l don't see that the plaintiff has any
case and I guess I'll have to enter up judg-
rnent for the defendant with costs!n
And he did. TIE inhabitants of the dis
trict are still laughing over the trial, but
they feel that Judgments from their 'squires
court will be about as fair as they can be
;,sada
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
Small Children and Big Names.
ATLANTA Cor. Inter Ocean.I


l am amused constantly at the names Of
the coIored children, and the assortment at
Storrs was exceptionally large and varied
There were plenty Of girls named after
states, tae favolite names being Florida,
Missouri, Indiana, and Georgia. There were
Messrs Cato am Caesar and Misses Mar
cissus and Daphne. Samaritan Horton put
an example on the board in good style.
Cutie Hardtimes did not answer to the roll
call, tut has honore1 the school with his
presence in times gons by.
the most extraordinary name of all was
worn by modest little girl Of perhaps a
dozen summers. / could hardly believe she
was weighted down with such an absurd
name until l obtained her autograph and
all doubt was removed The autograph
read, in good, IegiDle English:
fort Sumter Evalena Mary Ophelia Sa-
vannah Smith.
the commonplace finale was quite a shock
after such an elaborate beginning.
Mother calls me Sumter" said the child;
but nv teachers cali me Fort Sumter
Queen Victoria - held her head no
higher than her ciassnate, while European
Badger seemed to have scarcely any but
African blood in her veins. Zollicoffer
Tolly's name was too involved for everyday
reference, and so he was in common par
lance, "ZolIy Tolly." Several girls enjoyed
the male title Of Willie. Only one boy re-
sponde1 10 the name Sambo. The name
Pocahontas Cox rested down like an incubus
upon one harmless youth, while Waterloo
Bullock looked anything but military.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
KEEP THE SOU IN TOP.
Little Berries After-Dinner Clrat-An Old
Truth in a New Dress.
Sacramento Union-I


Sacramento CnionI
Little BertIe BIyuu had jus- finished his
dinner. He was N tie coy library, keeping
still for few minutes after eating, accord
Ing 70 Ms motd4rss rule. She got it from
the family doctor, and a good rule It IS
Bertie was sitting IN his own rOcking-chair
before the pleasant crate fire. He had IN
his hand two ins appIes-a rich red and .
green His father was at a window reading
newspaper Presently he heard the child
say: Thank y0u. little master Dropping
his paper, he said: I thought we were alone,
Bertie- VINO was here just nowi7 Nobody,
papa, only you and L -Diln't you say just
now. Thank you little na-.ert''
The child aid not answer at first, but
laughed q shy laJZn Soon le said: I'm
afraid you'll laugh az NE If Z tel you, papa"
We'll, you have u I Iau-lsd, and why
mayn't II But / Ii an you'll make fun Of
me No, ! won't tneE- Lun Of you; but
perhaps I'll nave fun with you That VIII
help Us diZe-t our roast beef I'll tell you
about It, papa 1 had eaten my red apple,
and wanted 70 eat tae green one, too. Just
then 1 remembered something 1 learned IN
school about eating. aui thought one big
apple was enough My stomach VIII be
glad II l don't give 1t the green one TO grind
Ii seemed for a moment just as If it said 70
me, THANK you little master; but know
I said II myself
BERTHE, what Is it Miss dcLaren has been
teaching about eating She told Us TO be
careful not 70 give our stomachs too much
food TO grind If we 30, saa says, it viii
make bad blood, that VIII run into our
brains and make them duh and stupid
SO that We can't get our lessons
well, and perhaps give Us head
aches, too. If we give our stomachs
just enough work TO do they viii give Us
pure, lively blood, that will make Us feel
bright and cheerful in school Miss Nc
Laren says that sometimes when she eats toe
much Of something that she likes very much
IL seems almost as If her stomach mOaned
and complained; but when she denies her
self, and doesn't eat too much, it seems as if
1t We're thankful and glad That's as good
preaching as the minister's, BERTHE What
more did Miss McLaren tell you about this
matter" She taUgat Us a verse one day
about keeping the -oul on top. That wasn't
just the words, but its what it meant
At this papa's paper went suddenly right
up before his face. When in a minute 1t
dropped down, there wasn't any laugh on his
face, as he said, weren't these the words,
I keep my body under'a7 20 yes. that was
it; but it means just the same IL l keep
my body under OF course my soul is on top
"Of course it i, my boy Keep yeur soul on
top, and you'll belong TO the grandeat style of
mar that walks tde earth.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
DOWN IN GEORGIA.
ARMY EXPERIENCE WITH AN OLD
pATCAED-UP LOCOMOTIVE.
Getting the Rejuyenated Engine Into a
Good Running HumOr-LIke a Ca
zrfcious Army IuIe-Dash-
ing OF in a Hurry
Inter OCEAN ..cubs.one Crayonz

GBut the richest experiences OF this kind,
said a railroad man, were N the ar1nF L
remember an Old locomotive down n
Georgia that got mora fellows into more
scraUes than If II had been forty horse
power monkey The Con 'ederates, when
they retreated south Of the Tennessee on the
Nashville & Chattanooga road burued the
railroad bridges and ran OF tie rolling
stock Locomotives were soon pulling heavy
trains down 20 the river, but there were
none On the south side, and ROsecrans
wanted one mighty bad
In scouting around the mouth OF the old
Nicko Jack cave at Shell Mound a lot OF Us
found an old locomotive that had been
thrown heels up. a it were, down the cave
entrance We had an Cld-fashIOned log
rolling sort OF a time IN getting the engine
out, and then ali the engineers in the COM
rnand devoted a week or more TO putting the
machinery in place and in order. At last
came the trial trip and the whole brigade
gathered TO see the rejuyenated locomotive
move off.
HThe Toys fred up with great enthusiasm
and az the proper time took their places as
though the occasion was almost too big for
them The wheels moved and I, 600 men
cheered. The locomotive moved about fifty
feet and stopped with a long-drawn wheeze,
and 1000 men groaned. More work, more
started and the army south Of the Tennessee
had at last a locomotive, and eventually be
came a. proud Of old wheeZer as any battery
in the service. In the course Of time the en-
gine was put 10 work TO draw few cars be-
tween Shell Mound and Bridgeport And
here came in the fun
The old locomotive acted very much as
would capricious army mule For days at
q time all would 90 we'll Then some day
when there would be a hundred or more men
on the rough cars, the old wheezer would
stop midway between stations and we would
have 20 foot it into camp Or every thing
would 90 Well until some day when We were
running up toward Chattanooga, and the
rebels would be nosing around, the old ma
chine would stop stone still At such times
l have seen the men get down and push the
train along by main force.
~On one occasion Of this kind, when half
the men were pushing and the other half
were watching the rebels, the old locomotive
quit wheeling and suddenly getting her
grip, started at full speed. The engineer
aas afraid TO stop her. and the boys ran
after, believing that the speed couldn't keep
up long. But it did, and there was an excit-
ing race between the blue coats and the 10
connective. The boys came TO be a little
superstition, about che old engine, but they
resented the coming Of the new and strong
ones from the north, which on the compile
ton OF tn bridge at Bridgeport dashed with
full trains 10 the hungry soldiers at Chat
tanooga.7
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
NEW ORLEANS FRENCH MARKET
A Remarkable Sort of Place-AlI National
tiles Representative Hurry.
[Cor Louisville CONFECTIONERY

[Cor Louisville Courier-J0urnaLl
We took in the French market before
breakfast It is a remarkable sort Of place
but to me was rather disappointing Maybe
that was because after seeing 50 many
incongruvial things about this town the
edge of the queintness wear off, and you
cease to enjoy 1t 50 much This market IS
a kind of bazaar Of all nations, and is
really a sort of exposition itself.
saw great many things for sale whose uses
| had not the faintest idea Of. There were
great quantities of vegetables, many Of
which were unknown to me, even by name,
but all looked fresh and tempting. These
people cannot dine without some kind Of
salad and the demand for lettuce, and such
like vegetables, is very great But strangely
enough, l have not been able to find single
spray of water-cress, and at some Of the
places where we have inquired for it the
wait srs seemed never to have heard Of it at
all 1 would suppose that it would grow
here an be in season all the year round.
But green peas and radishes seem to be plen-
tifuI, and are very fine, though the radishes
are quite small
In this French market there were HindOos
and Egyptians, and Cinnamon, and Italians,
and Jews, and Spaniards, and Mexicans, and
Turks and Indians-in short, pretty much
all the tribes Of earth-with their wares on
thing except the Jews an Indians. Two
Indian women sat on the ground, one on
each side at the entrance TO one of the pass
ways through the market house. Each Of
them had little bag Of some dirty yellow
powdered stuff that looked like -four Of sui
phur. The bags sat on the ground beside the
hays, and each of them had peculiarly
shaped horn spoon in her hand. They APP
peared to be rivals in business, but I could
not see that either of them made any effort
to encourage custom People would come
up, sometimes to one, sometimes TO the
other, and hand In piece Of money. In re-
turn the old woman would ladIe out a spoon
full OF the yellow stuff, and the purchases
would go away. Not a word would be said
by either, and not an expression Of satisfac-
ton, on the contrary, would appear on the
face OF either of the old women Now and
then, though, they would look furitively at
each other with keen glances out Of their lit
tie black eyes that male me think of snakes.
But nobody seemed to BE- in hurry and
with the exception l have mentioned, no.
body seemed to care whether they did any
business or not. The matter of selling anv-
thing here seems to be- purely a thing in
dulged in out of courtesy to the purchaser
anyhow
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
CHU ON Il CO.,
and japanese Goods, AZ Nuuanu
Street.

Have constantly ON hand SILK, Satin,
Grape, Grass Cloth, Embroidered and
Hemstitched Silk and Grass-cloth Hand
kerchiefs, Silk and Grape ShawIs and
Scarfs.
4 great variety Of Japanese and Chi
nese Tea Sets, Va9es, Bronze and Lac
quered Wares.
Ivory, SandaF@ood and Tortoiseshell
Card Cases, Paper Cutters, Fans and
Jewelry Cases.
Gold AID Silver Jewelry, setting with
tiger claws, cat-eyes and amber, such as
Scarf Pins, Earrings Bracelets, Neck
laces, etc.
An assortment OF Chinese and Japan
csc nick-nacks and curiosities too num-
erous to specify.
Chinese Mating speciality.
Also, just received, ex Hawaiian bark
"LiIIan," large invoice of Ebony anu
Marble Furniture in sets. Table, Chairs
and Settees.
A full assortment of Flower Pots, Artl-
fetal Flower Baskets, Lacquered and
Bamboo Goods, etc.
The public is respectfully invited to
inspect our goods. 768 teb2
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
Getting into the Swim.
Joe Howard in Boston Herald 7


A young man comes to New York from
the country, and the first thing that strikes
him isn't the beauty of other peoples Clothes
not the elegance Of his Ompanions attire,
but his own rusty boots, his own mittens
his own cap. They seem out Of place. They
strike him as being odd, and il there IS any
thing well balanced man dislikes, it is
oddity, or anything which attracts to him
special attention. So he, without inten-
tional aping of his fellows determines TO rid
himself Of such peculiarities, such unique
nesses as make him a marked man. His
first step in that direction confronts him
with expense, and great expenditure which
Is, as rule, incommensurate with his in
come.
Ninety-nine men in every hundred seek
advice. The hundredth man, who may be
the first, but one in the hundred, is strong
enough to rely upon his own common sense
and judgment and discretion, while the
other ninety-nine seek counsel and advice
They like to hang on to the oak of expert
ence and suck from the sturdiness of con-
spicuous leader the virility lacking in their
own composition. They learn that there
are ways and means and devices by which
unearned money can be obtained aad spent
They are lot so anxious about the ways and
means and devices by which that spert
money can subsequently be honestly OBJ
tanned. They get the money. 1t may be by
borrowing, possibly by discounted bit of
paper, perchance in anticipation of wages
due or salary TO come, they innocently think
ing Of their cap and coat and mittens and
rusty boots only, not at ali of the necessity
of meeting the obligation when it falls due
Once in that current, the Lord help him,
the devil won't! Once in the hands of the
usurer, mans fate is settled
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

The Mexican Constitutional amend
ment permitting the reelection Of the
President has been approved by both
Houses Of Congress and officially pro-
mulgated. 1t is just in time to permit
the reelection OF President Diaz, and may
be accepted as step in the direction OF
stable government and improved BUSH
ness methods
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

BEFORE POLICE JUSTICE DAYTON.


WEDNESDAY, November oath.
f. Howard and William Jordan had
each to pay SIS for drunkenness.
John Jim and Look Wee had each to
pay 81 20 for furious and needless driv-
ing.
CIVIL CASES.
J. A. Dover VS.. Heu, repIevin and
damages, so. Judgment for the plaintiff
for the boat in question and 81 40. V.
V. Ashford for plaintiff; w. c. Achi for
defendant.
J. H. Brown vs.. Charles y. Arnold,
assumpsit for $29. Judgment, with costs,
$45 %. A. G.. Smith for plaintiff.
Hollister < Go. vs.. John Cameron, as
sumpsit for $3I 20. Judgment for plant
if for $38 81.
Sullivan & Buckley, Fashion Stables,
VS.. Charles \. Arnold, assumpsit for $27.
Judgment for that amount and costs,
$42 o.. A. &. Smith for plaintiff.
H. A. Widemann W. J. NJ. Herring.
assumpsit on a note for balance OF $50.
Judgment confessed by defendant, With
expenses, making $42 90. A. Rosa for
plaintiff.
T. Aki vs.. J. NJ Ulunahele. judy
ment confessed by defendant, and given
plaintiff for sI03 80, including costs.
Akens and Alo vs.. Kamaka Judg-
ment for plaintiff for amount claimed and
costs, 500 So
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
[NOrristown Herald.l

The Journal of Picking, China, was estab-
ished in Gil, and the present publisher
opens his eyes with surprise when an old
gentleman from the rural districts enters the
office and says he has been subscriber since
she first number appeared, and shows a re-
cespt to prove It
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

English physicians say that form Of
opthaImia, caused by the Initiated atmOs-
phere arising from OvercrOwding, has
been practically banished wherever sani-
tary improvements have been introduced
Pure air Immediately produced better
cyaairbt
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
Books PubIished in 1884.

The Publishers Weekly shows that in
1854 4O8S books were published The num-
Der in 1888 was 3, 48l. Fiction led all the
rest, its volumes numbering 943. Law was
next, 455 volumes, aud theology and religion
followed with $50
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

An engineer who has made electricity his
study recently declared that in the course
of ten years he believed it would be possible
to compress enough electricity in a substance
the size of an egg shell to drive an express
train from Liverpool to London
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

A LAW went into effect on the Ist in
slant in Massachusetts relating to the
employment Of minors. It imposed a
fine Of $40 to $50 for employing, except
during the vacation Of the public schools,
a minor under fourteen years Of age who
cannot read and write in the English
lauoT1a0e
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

Mr. 4. :. HARTwELL. in letter TO the
Bulletin" thinks the internal Police,
Governors and Military bills are IN
wise and fraught with danger He IS not
the only one in the community who
thinks 20.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

Cleveland Journal: Ssae president never
visits foreign ministers at the offices of their
legations, because in so doing he would the
oretically be going out Of the United States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25

THE consumption Of sugar in the last
fifty years has gone up from about fifteen
pounds to seventy pounds per head
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-25
ERPLlEs TO arEsTIovs.

Minister Green replied to questions which
had been asked the other day, as to wheth-
er certain amounts outstanding had been
paid. The $1,000 against the Kaimiloa
SI0,9i1 for Board Of Health. 1868 81 for At
torney Generals Department were still
outstanding. The $32, 900 for the Madras
claim was still in Court 81, 200 for Maxi
Xxi land claims had been paid, as also nearly
the whole of the $55, 799 % for Interior De
partment sundries
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-29

gUDGH MYSEIIaH., af SiRn ErRnnlscD
alEmuInteH lis withdrawn KrDm the
DesnbirraEdn nagttE.. HE miei1t have
ssuva,d himself ifie taruIifiie IN mlakine
tiitiEE announcement, Rs hiis Hundncf IN
tie IItzs SstIt1e eifHr1Iun BrtiinianflT
at1riasissl hiis di.iiaifinn as u header Oh
ane on tdiR SiEn FranriHrD g,1Eitical
aiEtsAhIwR. H1e mDw 4iiuHs as ms zea-
sun i'm dissenting tdih EtHmDnra1ir par
NV mis- dHsiExs ttD =sruSR lHnH neinrm ty
advancing tiiH a:IEnEiAafw Uf Henry
6eanga uD tire RiEasiiHnry on the
UmfEau States. Wlifsn n Is well
R1lnwn that lInH rtifDrm GKn nnlv ne
aht1n 1e,n tainaIuth tiils surrtsHs Di the
DesmBinat1Ir pazltry, wiiIDae llrincfples
upHn uiatt BIiilttar IRE mUt mere eiit-
ts1,iInr gs11nrl ffiHs, Buut hEue lHsn car-
EiIsth ia1tlD pn;attlisHl a9ffsrt by the llres-
emf DemmirI11lr rAtimIniiHrrafiunw \ which
has sD filr nssHtnYsf I'D tine public
dnmiIim Gwer ffiry miilIinns N acres
fiIntisif1sH by tdie rAlirnaEis, HndHeuaral
milIImlH ss.iEHH unhHr Republican
administrations by tftR wiire.iHnce
liIEnH r-niharg, 'Bniins Maruire mas
ttIliEsn IL veirw iIinsiGll GDnrse I'D vin-
dinarEs hits tnru1n4Geitsd nIiinripiHs. Tine
anlw ttssrtHsnEw ttiedznIIiiaey an Henry
Gsarge wDIiif hlEUR wnuld he 10 re
tHrr-n trB Rawsar t4in VERY Hiar-rv ifhat las
besm instrumental I'm wrestling from
the pesEpits t1iin public d1mRln-